Bishop v. Executors of McClelland

Van Fleet, V. C.

This is a suit for a legacy. The case presents but a single question, and that is, What is the complainant entitled to, $12,000 or $6,000?

The complainant is a great-grandson of Mrs. Mary A. McClelland, deceased. By her will, made in March, 1864, Mrs. McClelland gave her two grandchildren, Howard W. Bishop (the father of the complainant), and Alexander McC. Bishop, each the sum of $3,000. Howard W. Bishop died in Septem*451her, 1866, leaving the complainant, his only child, surviving him. The testatrix, by a codicil made in December, 1868, revoked the gift made by her will, of…